AWARD BOOKS

• 2012 Youth Media Award Winners
• Land of Enchantment Book Awards
• New Mexico Battle of the Books
• Caldecott
• Newbery Award
• Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
• Batchelder Award
• Belpré Medal
• Carnegie Medal
• Geisel Medal
• Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production
• Sibert Informational Book Medal
• Wilder Award
• Coretta Scott King Book Awards
• Schneider Family Book Award  
• Printz Award
• Alex Award
• Best Books for Young Adults
• ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children)
• About Banned Books
• Horn Book
• 2011 ALSC Youth Media Winners

Looking for books to read to kids or get kids exicited about reading?

This reading list is provided by the American Library Association for you and your young reader*. If you choose to use this list, draw your child's attention to the books on the list, starting with those for the appropriate grade level. Go to the library and find one or more of the books listed here. Let your child look at the front and back covers of the book(s) and thumb through the book(s). Ask whether the book(s) interest your child. If so, check out the book(s). If not, find another book on this list and repeat the process until your child is happy.

SUGGESTED READING LISTS

Birth to Preschool

Kindergarten

1st Grade

Early Chapter Books Grades 1 & 2

Chapter Books Series Aprox. Grades 2 & 3

Grades 3 & 4

Grades 4 & 5

Grades 5 & 6

Accelerated Reading Book Finder

What Is The Accelerated Reader? You can search for book titles based on authors, topics, or titles of books. Just type what you want to search for in the blank field above and click Go. You will then be able to sort your search results, select book titles to add to your AR BookBag, print a list of your search results, or start a new search.

The Farmington Public Library works with local elementary and junior high schools using the Accelerated Reader and master lists, arranged by participating schools, are in a notebook at the main library.

List of Schools AR lists at the Farmington Public Library. School librarians can provide us with a link to access up-to-date AR lists to make available at the library for our patrons.

Animas Elem. Apache Elem. Atsa Biyaazh Comm. Sch. Blanco Elem. Eva B. Stokely Elem. Grace B. Wilson Heights Mid. Sch. Kirtland Elem. Kirtland Mid. Sch. Lydia Rippley Elem. McCormick Elem.

Mesa Elem. Mesa Elem. Naaba Ani Elem. Nataani Nez Elem. Northeast Elem. Northwest H.S.-Shiprock Alternative Ojo Amarillo Elem. Park Avenue Elem. Red Rock Day Sch. Rocinante High School Tse Bit Ai Mid. Sch.

List of Schools using AR online, Renaissance Online or Lexile